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When lawyers enter legal practice, they understand that certain aspects of what they will be doing will change during their careers.

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In many ways, lawyers are like professional athletes: competitive, performance-driven and motivated by achievement.

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It’s a question most lawyers face sooner or later: How much should I charge? Furthermore, how should my fees be structured?

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The legal profession has reached a point where upheaval is the “new normal.” Certainly large law firms are changing in response to recession, technology and client demands; those firms that don’t change quickly enough, like Dewey & LeBoeuf, are doomed to swift failure.

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The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau announced that the Wisconsin Statutes are now available in e-book format.

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At this point, nearly every company law firm has a website, and for good reason.

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It seems that since email revolutionized lawyer-client communications in the 1990s, technology CLE speakers have been advocating for encryption, yet no one’s doing it.

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It is now only a matter of time before there is a federal takeover of the Milwaukee Police Department.

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Judge Paul Murphy is no slouch, and those who come before him in his West Allis municipal courtroom are witness to his uprightness.

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When the results of a LinkedIn survey regarding outdated office equipment and practices pinged around the internet last week, I quickly zeroed in on the most crucial item: 27 percent of 7,000 respondents predicted that formal business attire such as suits, ties and pantyhose are likely to vanish from offices in the next five years.

There is perhaps no profession where entitlement is less justified than in the law. Practice needs should always be fulfilled first, and personal needs should be met with the minimum expense necessary to maintain a standard of living.

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It is a foundation of our criminal justice system that those accused of a crime are entitled to a jury of their peers.

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An interesting online reference tool, called Electronic Discovery Best Practices, recently launched.

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As a newcomer to the U.S., arriving in the months leading up to a Presidential election, I am struck by the apparent polarization of the American media into red and blue extremes.

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A client receives the lawyer’s bill, contends that it is too high, and refuses to pay it unless the invoice is written down. That's a dilemma that is occurring with increasing frequency in these tough economic times.

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[T]he strait-jacket of law review style has killed what might have been lively literature. It has maimed even those few pieces of legal writing that actually have something to say.

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A federal magistrate in North Carolina has ordered Twitter not to alert any person about the existence of a search warrant for information associated with a Charlotte man who tweeted about assassinating President Barack Obama.

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I recently returned from Oktoberfest. And no, I am not talking about the Oktoberfest held in La Crosse -- I am talking about the real deal in München, Germany.

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Wall Street Journal on Supreme Court: Five Cases to Watch This Term

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The Citizen Media Law Project is hosted by Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The focus of the Citizen Media Law Project website is to “ensure that individuals and organizations involved in online journalism and digital media have access to the legal resources, education, tools, and representation that they need to thrive.”

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The question arises whether lawyers can effectively and ethically represent opposite types of clients – for example, insurance carriers and insurance coverage plaintiffs. The ABA’s Rule of Professional Conduct 1.7 addresses this.

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Years ago, I attended a seminar where the late Attorney Harry M. Philo was one of the speakers. I don’t remember where the seminar was or who the other speakers were, but I will never forget one thing that this very prominent lawyer said, “The primary social responsibility of personal injury lawyers is to prevent accidents and reduce the number of injuries. It is only when we fail in this responsibility that we move to our secondary responsibility of obtaining compensation for our clients.”

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When lawyers enter legal practice, they understand that certain aspects of what they will be doing will change during their careers. There will be new laws and regulations, new court decisions from which to take emerging precedents, and technological advances that will make once-common office tools virtually extinct.

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Some times the lessons from caselaw could not be more obvious.

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In the most anticipated decision of the U.S. Supreme Court’s last term, the fate of the American health care system hinged on the meaning of a single word: “penalty.”

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Sometimes one little word can change everything.

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An exciting new beta website was launched by Congress on Wednesday. The site, Congress.gov, will become a one-stop resource for federal legislative materials. Congress.gov is slated it eventually replace THOMAS.

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Lawyers USA launches its Legal Malpractice Monitor, an online source for advice on preventing legal malpractice lawsuits.

The large number of highly qualified, competent attorneys seeking in-house positions makes today a buyer’s market for employers.

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Intellectual property is one of the most complicated areas of law. Love it or hate it, at some point or another every in-house lawyer is going to be faced with some type of IP dispute.

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